Catalog
500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale |
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| Year | 1993-2000 |
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| Size | 140 x 75 mm |
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| Obverse description | Dark brown and gray tones over a multicolor underprint. A shepherd vignette appears at right, a herd of zebus at center, and a map of the Central African states at lower left center. |
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| Reverse description | A large baobab tree dominates the center with a group of antelopes grazing beneath it; a Kota reliquary mask vignette occupies the lower left, with a circular watermark window at right. |
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The BEAC 500 Francs series ran across seven dated issues through the 1990s with remarkable signature stability — Mamalepot held his position throughout the entire run, while the countersignatory changed only twice. The 1993 date is the outlier, signed by Mebara rather than Ognagna, making it the shortest-tenured pairing in the series. Ognagna then held that secondary position from 1994 through 1999 before Aleka-Rybert appeared on the 2000 issue.
P#301F circulated across six CFA Franc zone member states simultaneously, with individual country codes distinguishing notes intended for Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Gabon, the Central African Republic, and Equatorial Guinea.